Sped

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sped \Sped\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Speed}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Speed \Speed\ (sp[=e]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[e^]d),
     {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[=e]dan, fr.
     sp[=e]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed},
     n.]
     1. To go; to fare. [Obs.]
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              To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of
                                                    Love.
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     2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or
        ill; to fare. --Shak.
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              Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped;
              The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller.
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     3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
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              Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
              For whoso wants money with them shall not speed!
                                                    --Lydgate.
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              I told ye then he should prevail, and speed
              On his bad errand.                    --Milton.
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     4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
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              I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch
              of possibility.                       --Shak.
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     5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  speed
       n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: {velocity}]
       2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
          project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: {swiftness},
           {fastness}]
       3: changing location rapidly [syn: {speeding}, {hurrying}]
       4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
          lens system [syn: {focal ratio}, {f number}, {stop number}]
       5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
          decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some
          forms of depression [syn: {amphetamine}, {pep pill}, {upper}]
       v 1: step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
            "The cars raced down the street" [syn: {rush}, {hotfoot},
             {hasten}, {hie}, {race}, {pelt along}, {rush along}, {cannonball
            along}, {bucket along}, {belt along}] [ant: {linger}]
       2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: {accelerate}, {speed
          up}, {quicken}] [ant: {decelerate}]
       3: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
          for speeding"
       4: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
          speed" [syn: {travel rapidly}, {hurry}, {zip}]
       5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: {accelerate},
           {speed up}] [ant: {decelerate}]
       [also: {sped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sped
       See {speed}